Created by: Benji · Bharathi · Roy · Jack

Industrial Revolution: Coal Miner

Durham Coalfield · 1837—1850

Pit Roll · Stage I

Hand Mining

Next: Keep one soul below and raise half a ton to the minute.

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Shillings

10.0

+0.0 /min

Coal in hand (t)

0.0

+0.0 t/s

Mine safety

100%

Workforce & Plant

🚪 Trapper0 kept

A child at the ventilation doors. Cheap, slow, and a strain on safety.

Coal raised+0.4 t/s

Safety−1.5 pts

Wage15 shillings

⛏️ Coal Hewer0 kept

A collier with pick and lamp. Steady tonnage.

Coal raised+1.2 t/s

Safety−0.4 pts

Wage70 shillings

⚙️ Steam Pumping Engine0 kept

Beam engine over the shaft. Huge output, keeps the workings dry.

Coal raised+6.5 t/s

Safety+5 pts

Wage900 shillings

The Miner’s Handbook

0 of 36 improvements bought

Stamina30 of 30

Strength0.45t a swing

Technique1.20s a cut

Endurance3.0 wind/sec

Better Rations IStamina

+5 max stamina

Stronger PickaxeMining Strength

+0.05t per manual swing

Better Rations IIStamina

+5 max stamina

Locked

Improved TechniqueMining Speed

−0.25s mining delay

Locked

Experienced MinerMining Strength

+0.10t per manual swing

Locked

Pit Head · Shaft No. 10.0 tons/sec
THE FACE

Click the face to swing

Windfresh

30/30 · −6 a cut · +3.0/s

0 souls · 0 engines · 2.2s a ton

Account of the Pit

Trapper ×0+0.00 t/s

Coal Hewer ×0+0.00 t/s

Steam Pumping Engine ×0+0.00 t/s

Total raised+0.00 t/s

Coal sales+0.0 shillings/min

Coal sells at 2.2s a ton.

Coalfield Register

Every pit in the field, ranked by tonnage raised. Posted as it happens.

You are working unsigned. Sign in to name your pit and post it to the register.

  1. No pits posted yet.

Historical Ledger

1837. You take a shallow pit in Durham. Good seam, bad air.

Stations of the Coalfield

5 rival works · tons per second

1.Worsley Old Works30.0 t/s
2.Hetton Lyon16.0 t/s
3.Barnsley Swillings8.0 t/s
4.Wallsend Heaton3.0 t/s
5.Jarrow Main1.2 t/s
6.Your pit0.0 t/s

Reach 30 t/s to top the coalfield.

Durham Coalfield · Pit Company Handbill No. 1

Created by: Benji · Bharathi · Roy · Jack

The Coal Pit

“England’s industry hungers for coal.”

Your objective

Run a profitable pit, survive its dangers, out-raise every rival shaft.

  1. 1.MINESwing the pick. Stamina limits how often.
  2. 2.HIREBuy trappers and hewers to raise coal for you.
  3. 3.TRAINBuy improvements in your handbook.
  4. 4.WATCH THE PITDamps, floods and strikes interrupt the work.
  5. 5.EXPANDWork up to a steam-driven colliery.

Tip: A bill you cannot pay becomes debt.

This name goes on the coalfield register under your account.

Keeps your pit under your account. Or sign in by letter.

Sign in above first — no hand goes down unsigned.

Re-read under “How to Play”